tune out

From tune + out.

tune out (third-person singular simple present tunes out, present participle tuning out, simple past and past participle tuned out)

1. (idiomatic) To stop paying attention to; to ignore; to zone out.

   I have a hard time tuning out a television that is on.

2. To change the channel or frequency away from.

   I was tired of talk radio so I tuned out of that station and tuned into one playing all music.

• (ignore): zone out
• space out

• tune

• tune in